Stanford

American  

[stan-ferd] / ˈstæn fərd /

noun

1. (Amasa) Leland, 1824–93, U.S. railroad developer, politician, and philanthropist: governor of California 1861–63; senator 1885–93.

2. a male given name.

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Stanford British  

/ ˈstænfəd /

noun

1. Sir Charles ( Villiers ). 1852–1924, Anglo-Irish composer and conductor, who as a teacher at the Royal College of Music had much influence on the succeeding generation of composers: noted esp for his church music, oratorios, and cantatas

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Example Sentences

Schools including Stanford, Princeton and the University of Texas system cover tuition for students whose families earn close to or above six figures.

From The Wall Street Journal

The paper was written by researchers from the University of Chicago, Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Innsbruck in Austria, and the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

From Science Daily

Lanhee J. Chen is a fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and was a candidate for California state controller in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times

Anat holds a master’s degree in modern European history from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar, and a bachelor’s degree in history from Stanford University.

From The Wall Street Journal

Anastasiia graduated from Stanford University with degrees in political science and economics.

From The Wall Street Journal